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NASB | Mark 12:34 When Jesus saw that he had answered intelligently, He said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." After that, no one would venture to ask Him any more questions. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 12:34 When Jesus saw that he answered thoughtfully and intelligently, He said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And after that, no one would dare to ask Him any more questions. |
Subject: Natural man understanding truth? |
Bible Note: None whatsoever. There are two kinds of life. The first is 'bios', which is the normal and physical type, it is what you do everyday, it is breathing in, breathing out. The second is 'zoe', which is spiritual life, God's type of life. Jesus said, I have come to give you life (zoe) and zoe more abundantly. Bios doesn't preclude intelligence, imagination, creativity etc, all elements of being created in the image of God, and through which we understand and apprehend the meaning of the world and universe we find ourselves in, and through which the Holy Spirit confronts and convicts us. But 'life' and 'death' are fundamentally understood as relating to the presence or absence of zoe, God's kind of life. Apart from that life, we are dead. Only God is zoe and if He does not dwell within you, making you alive, then you are dead. Hope that helps. |